8-APEAL-1305-2026.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1305 OF 2006 Shirish Shripatrao Mohite … Appellant versus Vasantrao B. Patil and others … Respondents ….. Mr. Akshay Kulkarni h/f Mr. A.M. Kulkarni, for the Appellant. Mr. Anand S. Shalgaonkar, A.P.P, for Respondent No.3 – State. ….. CORAM : ABHAY J. MANTRI, J. DATED : SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 P.C.: 1. Learned Advocate for the Appellant has submitted that in view of the dictum laid down in the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Celestium Financial versus A. Gnanasekaran, [2025 SCC OnLine SC 1320], the Appeal would lie before the learned Sessions Court and, therefore, he urged for transferring the same to the learned Sessions Court, Sangli. 2. Having considered his statement and the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Celestium Financial (supra), I pass the following order; Shailaja SHAILAJA SHRIKANT HALKUDE Digitally signed by SHAILAJA SHRIKANT HALKUDE Date: 2026.09.19 13:26:18 +0530 8-APEAL-1305-2026.odt : O R D E R : (a) The present Appeal/proceedings be transferred to the learned Sessions Court, Sangli. (b) Officer on Special Duty/ Incharge Registrar (J) is directed to take appropriate steps for transferring this proceeding to the learned Sessions Court, Sangli. (c) Having considered the fact that this Appeal has been pending since 2006, the learned Sessions Court is directed to make an endeavour to dispose of the proceedings as expeditiously as possible. 3. In view of the above, no proceedings are pending before this Court. (ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) Shailaja